Paris Hilton is Grateful for Pillows, Stavros Niarchos, More

Proving as much, the locked up heiress didn't use her free time to phone family or friends, but to place a call to a nationally syndicated radio show, during which Paris said she now appreciates "things I took for granted" and plans to use her fame "in a good way."

"I'm so much more grateful for everything that I have, even just to have a pillow at night or food," Hilton told E! News's Ryan Seacrest in a phone conversation from Century Regional Correctional Facility.

Hilton, who is scheduled to be released next week, also claimed she wanted to use her celebrity for good and no longer wishes to be the subject of ridicule. Or Stavros Niarchos' wet dreams, we presume.

The spoiled inmate says you can expect a new Paris Hilton to emerge from jail.

"You know my gratitude has gone up so much and I just realize that the media used me to make fun of and be mean about it," she told Seacrest. "Frankly [I'm] sick of it and I want to use my fame in a good way."

Any suggestions for how Paris can do this, Hollywood Gossip readers? Perhaps she could...